Mixed
Relena looks out her window as a maid brushes her hair. Brushing her hair always helped her to think. ("They pose no threat . . . so why am I worried?") She sighs and lowers her head.
"Miss Relena? Are you alright?"
"What? Oh . . . yes. I am. Thank you. That is all for today. Please go, I need sometime alone." The maid stands up and nods. She leaves the room, closing the door gently behind her. Relena stands up from her bed and walks over to the window. She pushes them open to let the cool wind roll in.
"A storm is coming . . . " Says a voice.
"Yes. I know Hero." She turns around and sits at her dresser. Hero comes out from the shadows.
He was hiding in a tree that sits outside her window. "Any news?"
"Only that they know who we are. Which means that there must be a leak." Relena does not look at him. She sits like a statue, caught in a daze. Relena pulls herself out of it and turns to face him.
"Find it." She says without emotion. He nods and heads toward the window.
"Mission accepted."
Hilde's/Duo's Apartment
Hilde yawns as she exits the elevator. She walks down the long hall. Her steps slow down and she almost stops. There is something in the air . . . Hilde wraps her arms around her self and looks around. The hall is a dirty yellow and the tile is a cream color. The doors are wooded and the lights above her flicker on and off whenever the subway passes by. Everything seems normal . . . but the air . . . something isn't right. If Hilde didn't know any better, she would say these the walls were telling her to go back and call for help. But why should she? She has Duo right? The thought of his name causes a pain in her chest.
"Duo . . . " She says softly as she heads toward her apartment. Slowly she walks, an arm around her waist and a hand on her neck. She grips the bag she carries tightly. Hilde stops at her door and stares down at it . . . ("It's opened . . . ") Only slightly but enough to make her worry. She pushes the door open and steps in the dark apartment. She can't see a thing but there is a light in the kitchen . . . she enters.
"DUO!" She yells as she sees two men holding him still while a third punches him. Hilde steps back when she sees the men. They were the ones from earlier. The man who was punching Duo smiles at Hilde and cracks his knuckles.
"HILDE!! RUN GIRL!" He yells just before on of the other man's knee him in the stomach. Hilde did as she was told and ran for the exit but the man is faster and slams the door shut. Hilde didn't give him time to pin her, she spun around and hit the man in the face with the bag the held the dishwasher soap. He is slammed against the wall and falls to the floor. Making sure he doesn't get up, Hilde kicks the man in the stomach hard. She runs into the kitchen armed with her bag that is holding the dishwasher soap. The man that kneed Duo lets of him and pulls out a gun. However, Hilde is much faster. She spins around letting the bag hit the man like the first guy. He falls and hits his head on the counter. Hilde spins the bag in the air daring the other man to try something. He does. Pushes Duo to the floor and lunges at Hilde. She moves out of the but leaves her self opened. The guy, once he hits the floor, grabs her legs and forces her to the ground. She kicks and screams as he pins her to the floor, making him forget about Duo.
Snap.
The guy falls on top of Hilde dead and then kicked off her by Duo. He helps her up.
"Hilde . . . you . . . you ok?" He says out of breath. She nods not knowing what to say. Duo smiles and hugs her . . . making sure nothing is wrong with her. He hears a soft gasp and looks at her. "Hilde? Did I hurt you?" She shakes her head 'no'. Duo sees she is looking at something and turn to see the first man standing in the door way with his gun ready. Hilde closes her eyes, ready to die when suddenly all hell breaks loose. She is thrown to the floor by Duo, who is now on top of her as a shower of bullets rain in her kitchen. She screams but the sound of the guns is over powering her voice. Then all is quite and Duo gets off of her, with the help of two men. Her vison is blurred for she had hit the floor pretty hard . . . She tried to focus on the other two men but couldn't.
"Duo . . . ?" She says before she passes out . . .
Hilde awoke to her bedroom. She was in her room, warm, safe . . . "Duo . . . " she says in her sleep as she hugs her pillow . . . "Duo!" She throws the covers off her and heads to the kitchen. Hilde stops in shock at the door . . . "It's clean!" The kitchen is normal, as if last night didn't happen. She scratches her head and wondering about her sanity. "I'm I losing it?" Suddenly the phone rings. She picks it up. "Hello?"
"We know who you are."
"What?" She says annoyed.
"Don't lie to us! We know what your plans are! Do you think you could hide from us! You will not . . . "
"Who are you?"
"What?"
"I said . . . who are you!" She yells.
"Uh . . . you're a woman!"
"Nice of you to notice! Now tell me . . . WHO are YOU?" There is some whispering in the back . . .
On the other end of the line . . .
"Hey Peter! It's a girl!"
"What? You must have the wrong number. Hang up Steve."
"Right." He is about hang up when another person speaks up.
"Wait! What if she's our spy? Ask her the question."
"The one about the flowers?" The two look at their poor stupid friend.
"No, the other one!"
"Right!" He turns to the phone . . .
Hilde's/Duo's Apartment . . .
"Hello?" Asks the voice again.
"Hello?" She says as she leans up against the wall.
"Do . . . you . . . have . . . a . . . smoke?" Hilde pulls the phone away from her ear and looks at it as if it were the strangest thing in the world.
"A smoke? A smoke? No . . . I don't have a SMOKE!"
On the other end of the line . . .
"It's her! It's her! She's our contact!"
"Ask her to give us a mission!" Says Peter.
"Right!" He turns to the phone. "Hey! What's our mission!"
Hilde's/Duo's Apartment . . .
"What? Your mission? You want a mission?" She says as she places a hand on her hips. "I'll give you one you snot nose little purple butt monkey! Here's your frarken MISSION! Go out side and buy some common sense! You stupid . . . @#@!%$#@!@%%$!"
On the other end of the line . . .
The guy holds the phone away from his ear as Hilde screams every bad word in the book.
"What did she say Jack?"
"Something about purple butt monkeys . . . and buying some common sense. Does that mean anything?" Peter grabs "Terrorist Joe's Guide Book: How to be a Terrorist." He flips through the book until he finds what he is looking for.
"It says . . . Blow up the orphanage."
"What?" Says Jack and Steve.
"Look for yourself." He hands them the book. The look at it and shrugged. Jack turns to the phone.
"Uh . . . thanks." And hangs up. He smiles at his friends. "We have a leader now!"
Greenwald Orphanage
"Come on children! Time to go to the park." All the children run outside. The woman laughs as they all cheer and play. Her and the six other guardians leave their small orphanage to go to the park across the street. It is a beautiful day, the air was cool and soft, birds were out singing. The children all run to the park and the guardians sit down to watch them.
"Oh! Sun block! I forgot it!" Says a woman. "I'll be right back . . . " She heads toward the orphanage and notices a gray van parked in front of the place. "Wonder who that could be . . . "
Elsewhere
Duo sits in the mess hall of the Preventors HQ. He stirs his coffee.
"Hilde . . . I'm so sorry."
"She'll be ok Duo." Says Quatre.
"No, she won't. Not as long as I'm with her . . . I shouldn't have destroyed her home . . . but . . . I had to Quatre! How could I let her live on her own . . . I mean someone could harm her and I wouldn't be there to save her . . . "
"Man Duo, you must really love her." Duo looked at Quatre shocked.
"No, I don't! She's my best friend!"
"Right! You're just a friend who didn't want her to move out so you destroyed her home and you are a friend who follows her everywhere! And only a friend will hide in the trees during their best friend's date and throw acorns at their date . . . Right Duo, you don't love her." He smiles and walks away. Duo sighs and lowers his head . . . ("He's right . . . I can't hide it. There's only one thing to do!") He stands up and heads home . . .
"I have to end this!"
Hilde's/Duo's Apartment
Hilde comes out of the shower and turns on her radio. The news comes on as she dresses . . .
"We have some horrible news . . . the Greenwald Orphanage was just destroyed this morning . . . "
"What? Oh God! Those poor children! I hope they find the asshole who did that and string him up!"
"Luckily no one was killed but sources are saying that it was a group of terrorists who did this . . .
Slam! Relena slaps her hands on the table. Her eyes flamed with anger.
"Gentleman, these terrorists have just gone from annoying to dangerous. I was a fool to think that they wouldn't have the guts to do something like this. Well, I won't make the same mistake twice. I want these terrorists found NOW!"
Oh NO! Poor Hilde! She doesn't know what she just got herself mixed up in! Hee Hee! Come back and read what Duo will do when he finds out that the leader of the terrorist is Hilde. What will she do? Also, you will learn more about the terrorists in the next chapter . . . things aren't what they seem! ^.^ Until then . . .
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